May 17, 2006
5/17/2006

PODS ® Inc. - Announces Over 500,000 Customer Reservations and 100,000 PODS Containers in Service - Expands National Service Market

Pinellas County, Florida – May 17, 2006 ---PODS Inc. (“PODS”), a leading provider of mobile storage and moving solutions for residential and business customers is pleased to announce the achievement of significant milestones. First, John and Bonnie Ransom of New York made the 500,000th reservation with PODS for their cross-country relocation to Texas. On May 10th the 100,000 PODS brand container rolled out of our manufacturing facility and into service. In addition, the recent opening of the PODS franchise in Dover, DE provides service to a national population exceeding 200,000,000.

Peter S. Warhurst, President and CEO of PODS, said: “Each of these events represent achievements we take great pride in. PODS customer base has realized substantial and rapid growth resulting from our ever-expanding national reach. PODS Manufacturing facilities are designed to produce a container every 3 minutes which supports increasing service demands and provides PODS Rapid Response emergency teams with the ability to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season as well as any national emergency.”

PODS revolutionized the moving and storage industry by originating the concept of transporting mobile storage containers. The convenient, cost-effective service is unique in that the patented hydraulic lift system is available only with PODS and is designed to significantly reduce shift in contents and securely transport PODS brand containers to a safe and secure warehouse or from state to state. Sturdy, weather-resistant PODS brand containers (partially full) are specially designed to withstand a wind velocity of up to 110 miles per hour.

Currently, the PODS network services 16,363 cities in 44 states. The Company has serviced over 510,000 customer reservations accommodating over 62,000 inter-franchise relocations. There are approximately 101,000 PODS brand containers in service.